Moonlight Whispers
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Template:Nihongo is a 1999 Japan film directed by Akihiko Shiota and based on the manga Gekko no sasayaki by Masahiko Kikuni.<ref name="nyt2000">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Plot
A boy (Takuya) meets a girl (Satsuki), both 17 years of age,<ref name=ShortSteven>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and they fall in love. When she discovers his fetishes, Satsuki brands Takuya hentai (pervert) and leaves him, only to be drawn back by the power his fetishes give her over him.
She has him watch as she has sex with another man, then asks him to lick her body.<ref name=ShortSteven/>
Cast
- Kenji Mizuhashi as Takuya Hidaka
- Tsugumi as Satsuki Kitahara
- Kōta Kusano as Tadashi Uematsu
- Harumi Inoue as Shizuka Kitahara
- Yoshiki Sekino as Maruken
Reception
The film has received mixed reviews, scoring 57 out of 100 on the review aggregator site Metacritic.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Awards
- 1999: Special Jury Prize at the 10th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1999: Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award
- 1999: Hochi Film Award (Best New Director for Akihiko Shiota)
- 1999: Locarno International Film Festival, Golden Leopard (Nomination for Akihiko Shiota)
- 2000: Japanese Professional Movie Award
- Tsugumi (Best New Actress)
- Akihiko Shiota (Best New Director)
- 2000: Mainichi Film Concours, Sponichi Grand Prize (New Talent Award for Akihiko Shiota)
- Yokohama Film Festival, Festival Prize
- Best New Director Akihiko Shiota
- Best New Talent Tsugumi